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Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?
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Richmond wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

On hot days when using satnav (waze or gmaps) with the phone 'docked' to
a car Qi charger it's not unknown for it to overheat and shutdown ...
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On 2026-05-22 13:12, Richmond wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

Try while charging, see if there is a difference.

How old is the phone?
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"Carlos E.R." <[email protected]d> writes:

On 2026-05-22 13:12, Richmond wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when
attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

Try while charging, see if there is a difference.

How old is the phone?

I don't have a charger in the car. It was about 60% when it went. The
phone is from 2023.
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On Fri, 22 May 2026 12:37:58 +0100, Richmond <[email protected]> wrote:

"Carlos E.R." <[email protected]d> writes:

On 2026-05-22 13:12, Richmond wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when
attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

Try while charging, see if there is a difference.

How old is the phone?

I don't have a charger in the car. It was about 60% when it went. The
phone is from 2023.

Did it receive an update recently?
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croy
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croy <[email protected]> writes:

On Fri, 22 May 2026 12:37:58 +0100, Richmond <[email protected]> wrote:

"Carlos E.R." <[email protected]d> writes:

On 2026-05-22 13:12, Richmond wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens
when attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this?
I think it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to
prevent it?

Try while charging, see if there is a difference.

How old is the phone?

I don't have a charger in the car. It was about 60% when it went. The
phone is from 2023.

Did it receive an update recently?

Yes but this was happening for a long time before that, usually with
Google Maps, but one time with Google Hangout.
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Richmond <[email protected]> wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

I would run some checks on your battery. Can you see the number of cycles
in settings anywhere?

I've been using the AccuBattery app which is useful if you can't get at the cycles or usable capacity information from Android directly. It learns your battery health over time.

Typically this happens because the internal resistance of a failing battery
has risen too high. Something (eg the GPS) wants to take a big gulp of current, the battery can't supply it without the voltage dropping, and when
it drops too low the phone turns off (or reboots).

I've had it cause bootloops, because the power draw of booting is more than
the battery can handle, so it drops out and the phone restarts. This
repeats forever. Replacing the battery fixed it (this was in a Galaxy Note
4 with a removable battery).

Theo
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Theo <[email protected]> writes:

I would run some checks on your battery. Can you see the number of cycles
in settings anywhere?

No, there is information about app usage but not the health.

I've been using the AccuBattery app which is useful if you can't get
at the cycles or usable capacity information from Android directly.
It learns your battery health over time.

Typically this happens because the internal resistance of a failing
battery has risen too high. Something (eg the GPS) wants to take a
big gulp of current, the battery can't supply it without the voltage dropping, and when it drops too low the phone turns off (or reboots).

I've had it cause bootloops, because the power draw of booting is more
than the battery can handle, so it drops out and the phone restarts.
This repeats forever. Replacing the battery fixed it (this was in a
Galaxy Note 4 with a removable battery).

Theo

I used to use Accubattery but it started showing full screen
videos. Perhaps there is an open source one? It is a Samsung Galaxy
A14. It would be a shame if updates outlasted the battery. I ran the
test in the members app - support and it said battey OK. Not very
informative.

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Theo <[email protected]> writes:

Richmond <[email protected]> wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when
attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

I would run some checks on your battery. Can you see the number of cycles
in settings anywhere?

I used AIDA64 it says charge cycles 55. I should perhaps recalibrate the battery.
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Richmond wrote:

I used to use Accubattery but it started showing full screen
videos. Perhaps there is an open source one? It is a Samsung Galaxy
A14. It would be a shame if updates outlasted the battery. I ran the
test in the members app - support and it said battey OK. Not very informative.

We have entire threads on the best free battery bots, two of which are...
<com.darshancomputing.BatteryIndicatorPro> Battery Bot Pro (free)
<com.gsamlabs.bbm> GSam Battery Monitor (free)
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Richmond <[email protected]> wrote:

Theo <[email protected]> writes:

Richmond <[email protected]> wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when
attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

I would run some checks on your battery. Can you see the number of cycles in settings anywhere?

I used AIDA64 it says charge cycles 55. I should perhaps recalibrate the battery.

For a 3 year old phone that sounds low. Has it been little used?

Theo
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Theo <[email protected]> writes:

Richmond <[email protected]> wrote:

Theo <[email protected]> writes:

Richmond <[email protected]> wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens
when attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across
this? I think it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a
way to prevent it?

I would run some checks on your battery. Can you see the number of
cycles in settings anywhere?

I used AIDA64 it says charge cycles 55. I should perhaps recalibrate
the battery.

For a 3 year old phone that sounds low. Has it been little used?

Afterwards I discovered that factory reset also resets the cycles. So 55
only reprents a couple of months since I did a factory reset.

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On 2026-05-22 13:37, Richmond wrote:

"Carlos E.R." <[email protected]d> writes:

On 2026-05-22 13:12, Richmond wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when
attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

Try while charging, see if there is a difference.

How old is the phone?

I don't have a charger in the car. It was about 60% when it went. The
phone is from 2023.

Try at home, perhaps.
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ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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Richmond <[email protected]> wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

As others have mentioned, probably too little 'grunt' in the battery
(i.e. battery can not provide higher current for any substantial amount
of time) or the battery getting too hot (and phone shutting of for that reason).

So put the phone on a (powerful enough) charger and keep it cool, i.e.
out of the sun, etc..

My phones used to beep when getting too hot, but perhaps that sound
can be lowered / turned off with the volume sliders, so don't count on
it.
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Frank Slootweg <[email protected]d> wrote:

Richmond <[email protected]> wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens when attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this? I think
it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to prevent it?

As others have mentioned, probably too little 'grunt' in the battery
(i.e. battery can not provide higher current for any substantial amount
of time) or the battery getting too hot (and phone shutting of for that reason).

So put the phone on a (powerful enough) charger and keep it cool, i.e.
out of the sun, etc..

I have a vent-mounted phone holder in my car. Not only does it keep the
phone in a convenient place, it also cools it because all the air
conditioning air is being blown past it. On a long journey I'd expect the phone to be warm because it's working hard both charging and doing
navigation, but with this holder it's (nearly) ice cold.

Perhaps worth a try as a stopgap before replacing the battery?

Theo
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Theo <[email protected]> writes:

Frank Slootweg <[email protected]d> wrote:

Richmond <[email protected]> wrote:

Google maps causes my phone to switch off completely. This happens
when attempting to do navigation. Has anyone else come across this?
I think it is probably battery overload. Perhaps there is a way to
prevent it?

As others have mentioned, probably too little 'grunt' in the
battery (i.e. battery can not provide higher current for any
substantial amount of time) or the battery getting too hot (and phone
shutting of for that reason).

So put the phone on a (powerful enough) charger and keep it cool,
i.e. out of the sun, etc..

I have a vent-mounted phone holder in my car. Not only does it keep
the phone in a convenient place, it also cools it because all the air conditioning air is being blown past it. On a long journey I'd expect
the phone to be warm because it's working hard both charging and doing navigation, but with this holder it's (nearly) ice cold.

Perhaps worth a try as a stopgap before replacing the battery?

My phone has switched off in cold weather as well as hot, maybe even
mild. I am not sure the temperature is significant. I have recalibrated,
and I have lined up some alternative navigation apps: "HERE WeGo"
"Organic Maps" "OsmAmd", and maybe I can use Google Maps offline, it
would be better than getting lost even if it doesn't avoid traffic
jams. But I have to wait until I go somewhere significant to test it, as
I don't want to damage the battery by overloading it.

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Richmond wrote:

Perhaps worth a try as a stopgap before replacing the battery?

My phone has switched off in cold weather as well as hot, maybe even
mild. I am not sure the temperature is significant. I have recalibrated,
and I have lined up some alternative navigation apps: "HERE WeGo"
"Organic Maps" "OsmAmd", and maybe I can use Google Maps offline, it
would be better than getting lost even if it doesn't avoid traffic
jams. But I have to wait until I go somewhere significant to test it, as
I don't want to damage the battery by overloading it.

Using Google Maps offline used to be a bitch, which was so crappy that I
gave up on it, especially when they started to require a mothership login.

There are only two (really three) things Google Maps does better (IMHO).
1. It has free traffic
2. It has a great POI search
3. The roadmap is pretty accurate (even down to the turning lanes)

OSMAnd~ is free (same as OSMAnd+ but Carlos says some of the subscription
stuff might be different) and it is great at walking directions (much
better than Google Maps is at walking directions) but it's POI sucks.

OSMAnd~ also doesn't have traffic, but if you're already logging into a mothership while using your maps app, you might want to try Waze.

I've never used any app that requires a login, so I've never tested Waze, although I tested every free non-account map app ever existing long ago.

If someone knows more about Waze for the OP, please let him know about it.
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On 6/5/26 6:17 AM, Maria Sophia wrote:

I've never used any app that requires a login,

I use my fake name (surprisingly its initials are AJL) and email to sign in
to sites that require it but that I don't want to be identified (like free
Usenet servers).

so I've never tested Waze,
although I tested every free non-account map app ever existing long ago.

But fake names don't help with my map apps giving directions cause they need
location turned on to give the directions and I like to leave it off. So on
trips we just use the wife's iPhone. Problem solved... :-/

The iPhone has a quite accurate location capability and is very handy for
checking up when she's out. It gives me an estimate of when my lunch will
be arriving home. The accuracy is amazing (to me) as I can usually not only
tell where she is, but what part of the store she's shopping in...




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AJL wrote:

I've never used any app that requires a login,

I use my fake name (surprisingly its initials are AJL) and email to sign in
to sites that require it but that I don't want to be identified (like free
Usenet servers).

You keep saying that, but it only means you don't understand the problem.

Let's say you walk into a store wearing a full hazmat hoodie and garment.
They have no idea who you are, right? You pay in cash. You don't say a
word. You leave no fingerprints. You don't show your face.

That's what you "think" is the issue.
But it's not that.

The issue is you always go into that store wearing the same stuff.

They know it's the same person, and they put all your buying habits into a bucket. What they call that bucket is immaterial. It's you.

It's your buying habits.
Tied to a single account.

As for accounts, it doesn't matter if you sign in as Superman or John
Smith. The moment you log in, the system puts everything you do into the
exact same bucket.

Imagine a grocery store that tracks your purchases. You don't give them
your real name; you just use a fake rewards card with a fake name. They
still know exactly what that specific card buys every single week, what
time you shop, and what your habits are.

To the server, your fake name is just a unique ID (a hash). You aren't anonymous. You've just given your permanent dossier a fictional nickname.

so I've never tested Waze,
although I tested every free non-account map app ever existing long ago.

But fake names don't help with my map apps giving directions cause they need
location turned on to give the directions and I like to leave it off. So on
trips we just use the wife's iPhone. Problem solved... :-/

I use the iPad for Google Voice for a similar privacy reason.

The iPad connects to the phone over Wi-Fi and it then makes and receives
calls, even as it's using the phone as the cellular/data signal.

The iPhone has a quite accurate location capability and is very handy for
checking up when she's out. It gives me an estimate of when my lunch will
be arriving home. The accuracy is amazing (to me) as I can usually not only
tell where she is, but what part of the store she's shopping in...

I have iPads and Android tablets. They're about the same accuracy. AFAIK.
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On 6/5/26 9:50 AM, Maria Sophia wrote:

AJL wrote:

I've never used any app that requires a login,

I use my fake name (surprisingly its initials are AJL) and email to sign in >>to sites that require it but that I don't want to be identified (like free >>Usenet servers).

You keep saying that, but it only means you don't understand the problem. >Let's say you walk into a store wearing a full hazmat hoodie and garment. >They have no idea who you are, right? You pay in cash. You don't say a
word. You leave no fingerprints. You don't show your face.
That's what you "think" is the issue.
But it's not that.
The issue is you always go into that store wearing the same stuff.

They know it's the same person, and they put all your buying habits into a >bucket. What they call that bucket is immaterial. It's you.

Agreed. It's kinda like when you change nyms we all know you're still the
same old Arlen from your posting style. But what we don't know is your real
name and address which is IMO the important thing.

Same with me. I don't care if sites put me in your bucket and/or ID me as
the same person. I just don't want them to know the real me (name, address,
phone, etc)... 8-O









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AJL wrote:

we all know you're still the same

Yup. I don't hide it. I'm smart enough to change my style, but I don't
bother. I'm smart enough not to have the same phone and same homescreen and same privacy opinions, etc., but I don't bother.

What's funny is some moron always claims, after a thousand posts, that he finally figured me out.

Happens all the time on the iPhone newsgroup (which is all idiots).
Less so here.

Anyone who wanted to figure out my name & address could from my posts.
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